St. Francis of Assisi Music Ministry

06/30/2022

After 11 wonderful years, Fr. Larry has been reassigned to St. Rose of Lima in Short Hills. This is his last Mass with us at St. Francis! His laughter, humor...

06/28/2022

03/28/2022

Please welcome our new cantor, Estela Lara. Today she was leading us in song for the very first time. She was nervous, but she did very good job. And she will only get better and better each time 😎

03/27/2022

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is traditionally called Laetare Sunday. Laetare is a Latin word that means “rejoice.” Today's Gospel describes the reason for our joy: God's great love for us has been revealed in Jesus. Through his Passion, Death, and Resurrection, Christ has reconciled us with God and one another.

03/20/2022

Our Meditation song for the Third Sunday of Lent.

03/20/2022

Third Sunday of Lent.
Today is the acceptable time to return to God and to produce fruit in our life, the time to experience God’s loving mercy and to offer our forgiveness to those who have offended us in the past or are offending us now. This is the acceptable time to be kind-hearted and give others another chance. Christ can more freely enter our lives under such conditions, when we leave ourselves open to true life and love.

03/17/2022

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone!
Saint Patrick, pray for us! 🍀🙏 ✝️

03/17/2022

Christ be with me, Christ within me.
Christ behind me, Christ before me.
Christ beside me, Christ to win me.
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger.
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

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St. Patrick, a great Saint, bishop and confessor of Ireland, pray for us! 🙏

03/14/2022

Our Communion song for the Second Sunday of Lent.

03/13/2022

Transfigure Us, O Lord.
Our super-talented Junior cantors Julianna and Vanessa Marin.

03/13/2022

Second Sunday of Lent. Today, we sing the refrain from Psalm 27, "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear?" That could work as a one-line summary of the effect of faith.

P.S. I think Joe Storer sounds terrific for an 89 y.o. person!